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Hi, We are using cvsnt on Windows 2003 with McAfee VirusScan 7.0 Enterprise. I have not heard about any slowness issues related to this. What do you mean by "unusable slow". Can you quantify this? The CVSNT party line is "Do not use AV software on the server or the client". However, like you, my company requires it. I heard rumors that the files could get corrupted so I did my on investigation. Here is the Executive summary of my findings. I can give you more details if you want. --------------------------------8<------------------------------------------ -------- CVS Robustness Test Results By Reed Lawson Last update 07/01/03 Executive Summary The CVS server running on Microsoft Windows (cvsnt) has a history of incompatibility with Anti Virus (AV) software such as Norton Anti Virus and McAfee Virus Scan. Specifics about the nature and consequence of this incompatibility are sketchy at best. So, I decided to design a test that would explore the extent of this problem. I tested on the exact server configuration we intend to use for CVS (including McAfee Virus Scan). My test generated a high volume of CVS client server activity for a total of 62 hours and looked for failures on the client, server and date store. The results indicate that the problem is minor. Out of close to 400,000 test cycles, there were only 17 errors ( a 0.004% MTBF), all of which were remedied by simply retrying the operation a second time. There was no data corruption. All of the errors had to do with the server and AV software vying for access to the file and generating the infamous MS Windows "Share Violation". --------------------------------8<------------------------------------------ -------- Hope this helps. __________________________________ Reed Lawson IGT Firmware Engineering (775) 448-0755 > -----Original Message----- > From: Vashi, Jay [mailto:Jay.Vashi at mustangeng.com] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 11:41 AM > To: 'cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook' > Subject: [cvsnt] CVSNT Server and McAffee Virus Scan > > > Is anyone out there running McAffee virus scan on their CVSNT > server? My > company mandates this for every server and it is causing us > major problems. > Basically, if the McAffee service is running, the response > times from the > server for CVS are unusable slow. Does anyone have > experience with this and > have any thoughts on how to deal with the issue? > > Environment Information: > CVSNT on Windows 2000 Server SP3 > CVSNT Server 2.0.8 > McAffee NetShield 4.5 > > > > > j > -- > Jay Vashi > jay.vashi at mustangeng.com > > > > ###################################################################### > Attention: > This e-mail is confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. > If you are not the intended recipient you should not copy it, > re-transmit it, use it or disclose its contents, but should > return it to the sender immediately and delete your copy from > your system. Internet emails are not necessarily secure. The > company does not accept responsibility for changes made to this > message after it was sent. > > While all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission > of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure > that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and > any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. No > responsibility is accepted by the company in this regard and the > recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it > considers appropriate. > ###################################################################### > _______________________________________________ > cvsnt mailing list > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs >